The “guckmal” is the famous anal gaping technique invented by Jean-Yves Lecastel, and is now known as his signature move. Since its inception in the late 20^th century it has gained increasing popularity in the porn world. People know what it is, but not many know about its origins.

First, the purely technical part. “Guckmal”, alternately spelled “kuckmal”, comes from the German verb “gucken”, which means “to look”, and the noun “mal”, which means “time”. When used together to form the idiom “Guck mal” they become the imperative “Look here”, or just, “Look”.

This actually takes on slightly sinister proportions when you also consider that “guck mal” can also mean “peak-a-boo”, the game parents play with their children. The way German speakers say “peek-a-boo” is “guck mal”, as in “Guck mal! A little birdy!” or something to that effect. Little did anyone know that late into the 20^th century one Jean-Yves Lecastel would unwittingly re-appropriate this once-innocent term for a children’s game and make it synonymous with anal gaping.

Jean-Yves himself explains the invention of the guckmal on the Adult DVD Talk forum:

I was in Germany, and while fucking a girl in reverse cowgirl anal, I began to be fed up of the cameraman who was not attentive at all. Suddenly I stopped fucking while grabbing the girl under the knees with my left hand, and with the other hand I was taking my dick out of the ass while shouting: “Hey, kuck mal hier !” which means in English: “Hey, look at that!” The cameraman was shocked, but immediately he began to shoot properly.

It is only after the scene that I could see what I did. Since then I never stopped.

As with many great things, the guckmal is the result of a happy accident. One could draw an analogy between Albert Hoffman’s accidental discovery of LSD and Lecastel’s accidental discovery of the guckmal. Both changed the world in their own way. And, no one can doubt it: after and encounter with either of the two, your mind will be warped forever.

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On a side note, there is the infamous internet meme called the goatse, which according to Wikipedia originated in the 2000s, well after the invention of the guckmal (most likely mid to late nineties). There is a pre-goatse, and a post-goatse for anyone who has had the misfortune of encountering it, but let’s just say it was probably inspired by the guckmal, though it is far, far more graphic. That’s all I really want to add on the subject of goatse.

 

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